The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-30
General and miscellaneous

The Missouri Pacific scored the remarkable
increase of 100000 in earnings for the third
week in May.
The Pennsylvania road is losing several thou
sand dollars per day by the strike at the Con-
nellsville coke mines.
Baltimore & Ohio officials. it is stated, will
this week decide which of the newly surveyed
routes they will take between Philadelphia and
New York.
large force of graders have been transfer
red from Nebraska to Grand Rapids City to be-
gin work on the Elkhorn Valley extension to
Deadwood.
The Mobile & Ohio road is approaching COM
pletlon, and will furnish the East Ten nessee,
virginia q Georgia with its outlet to the gulf
and valuable terminal facilities at Mobile
subcommittee representing the Travellers
Protective Association. Friday last presented
petition to the Pennsylvania road asking them
to restore the mileage book system. No answer
was made the committee.
The report of the Railroad Commissioner of
Ohio for 1886 will be issued this week. It will
be very voluminous and complete, it is stated,
covering some eight hundred pages of book of
the ordinary size for such reports.
Transcontinental rates are now SO befuddled
that it is cheaper to ship canned goods from the
Pacific coast in less than carload lots. This
will doubtless be remeded at the meeting of the
managers of the transcontinental lines next
month.
The Pennsylvania officials deny the report
that they are to construct tunnel under the
Hudson river from Jersey City to New York for
their passenger trains. Neither have they any
idea of combining with anybody in such an i'm
provement.
President Roberts. of the Pennsylvania road.
protests against the Philadelphia & needing
organization committee surrenderine the North
Pennsylvania & Bound Brook road to the hold
ers of the first series of bonds, he fearing that
the road will fall into the hands of his rivals.
pretty good share of the nsylvania's
allotment cash will go into the New York end of
the line The company has completed the
plans for the elevation of its tracks through
Jersey City and the improvement will cost
fully 81. 100000 The company will then have
double decked ferry boats and land passengers
in the second story of the ferry houses, and the
Manhattan Elevated Railroad Company will
build branches Courtlandt and Desb
streets to connect with the ferries.
On June Connecticut will commence a deter
mined effort to practically abolish. at least
greatly restrict tho running of railway trains
on Sunday. and, in fact, the doing of any work
in the freight depots, round houses or shops on
that day. In commenting this action. and
the provisions of the law under which the re-
straint is to be made, the Railway Age says:
sit Is too much the existing practice with most
of our railways to Sunday the day for
clearing up the yards, and the freight men are
often hardest worked on,the day which ought to
be day OF rest to them we'll as to other peo-
pie. There has been growing disposition
the part OF railway officers to decrease Sunday
labor, but it has by means proceeded as far
as it should, and if the State legislatures the
means of compelling a stoppage of all unneces-
country they will have accomplished good both
for railway men and for the general standard
of moral, social and physical health in the
country"